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Just an early start, like a normal work day but not! Shuttle at six, luggage checked all the way through, with the bike gear ironically sent as FRAGILE. We sat around the airport in both Wellington and Auckland waiting to leave the country then we will really really be on our way.
Our seats are right in the corner at the rear near the most spacious part of the class so we have access to space to bend and stretch on the first leg to Singapore.
We watched Stephanie Plum and a Spanish movie about WWII with sub titles so I could get the taste of the second part of or trip, it was a real good Rialto movie.
Singapore Airlines is great, their service has to be experienced.
The flight was bumpy in patches and the landing smooth, for us experienced Wellingtonians Landers.
After the first leg we were both tired it was 11pm NZDT and had been awake since 5am. We had a reasonable stop at Changi catnapping, walking and having some food and drink, gotta keep them fluids up.
Roger has done well with our seats, lots off leg room and a baby that has travelled from Melbourne without any sleep. This part of the trip is about sleep so after a green pork curry I settled down for an attempt at sleep, achieving at least three hours solid sleep, if not a little more. It's wonderful what a little extra leg room can do. Teresa is all prepared and I must remind myself not to talk to her as she is sleeping.
Currently we are over the Caspian sea with just over 4 hours 30 minutes to go before arriving in Munich at 5:30 and Manchester 3 hours later. The baby has slept well although the mother may not have :-
Have to mention the take off at Changi airport, it took a long long time to get off the ground the pilot, took forever and used all if the runway to get off the ground am so used to the quick takeoffs.
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Owen Angell Sounds oddly similar to my trip, minus the baby and leg-room ;) Glad it went well. See you in a couple hours!